You know, I really should wait until May Day to post this, but it turned out so dang cute, I couldn’t wait!
You will need:
- Round cake
- White buttercream frosting
- Necco Wafer candies
- Flaked coconut
- Green Food coloring
- Pink and Yellow Peep Bunnies
- Wilton Icing flowers – Daisy
- Mini cupcake liners
- Toothpicks
- Wooden skewer
- Decorative paper straw
- Ribbon
- Silk flower
1. Frost cake with white buttercream frosting. Next use the Viva Towel method to smooth the frosting – this technique is absolutely brilliant and I learned it from my super sweet and genius cakey friend Melissa from MyCakeSchool.com – you can get her Viva Towel tutorial here.
Place a row of Necco wafers around the bottom of the cake.
2. Place coconut in a plastic bag and add a few drops of green food coloring. Shake until a nice shade of green. Sprinkle on top of cake for grass.
Place pre-made icing daisies on top of grass.
3. Cut a bunny Peep in half using kitchen shears.
Eat the bottom half.
4. Push a toothpick in the middle of the mini cupcake liner.
5. Place bunny Peep head on top of toothpick.
6. For the maypole, place a wooden skewer in the middle of the cake. Place straw over the skewer. With a hot glue gun, attach 6 long pieces of ribbon and the flower to the top of the straw. Place the Peep bunnies around the maypole. Trim the ribbons to the same length around the cake.
MAYPOLE PEEP CAKE
Adorable Maypole Peep cake for Spring, Easter or May Day!
Ingredients
- Round cake
- White buttercream frosting
- Necco Wafer candies
- Flaked coconut
- Green Food coloring
- Pink and Yellow Peep Bunnies
- Wilton Icing flowers - Daisy
- Mini cupcake liners
- Toothpicks
- Wooden skewer
- Decorative paper straw
- Ribbon
- Silk flower
Instructions
1. Frost cake with white buttercream frosting. Place a row of Necco wafers around the bottom of the cake.
2. Place coconut in a plastic bag and add a few drops of green food coloring. Shake until a nice shade of green. Sprinkle on top of cake for grass. Place pre-made icing daisies on top of grass.
3. Cut a bunny Peep in half using kitchen shears.
4. Push a toothpick in the middle of the mini cupcake liner.
5. Place bunny Peep head on top of toothpick.
6. For the maypole, place a wooden skewer in the middle of the cake. Place straw over the skewer. With a hot glue gun, attach 6 long pieces of ribbon and the flower to the top of the straw. Place the Peep bunnies around the maypole. Trim the ribbons to the same length around the cake.
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